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- Title
The reintegration of ex-combatants and post-conflict violence. An analysis of municipal crime levels in Colombia.
- Authors
Peña, Andrea González; Dorussen, Han
- Abstract
Violent crime in Colombia is analyzed following the demobilization of ex-combatants using municipal-level data. The main findings are that an increased presence of ex-combatants does not systematically increase homicides, but may increase robberies. Reintegration programs are shown to matter. Former paramilitaries who are not in a reintegration program increase crime. Former guerillas increase robberies, regardless of whether they are in or out of reintegration, but homicides decrease for guerrillas in reintegration. Ex-combatants often settle in municipalities with more crime. Controlling for reverse causality, ex-combatants only increase crime if they are not in reintegration, while in reintegration they may reduce crime.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; CRIME analysis; VIOLENCE; VIOLENT crimes; CRIME statistics; PARAMILITARY forces; GUERRILLAS
- Publication
Conflict Management & Peace Science, 2021, Vol 38, Issue 3, p316
- ISSN
0738-8942
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0738894219894701